xxvi, 231 pages : 25 cm

This volume tells the story of 1950s southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II

Includes bibliographical references and index

Patriotic daughters and isolationist mothers : conservative women in the early twentieth century -- All politics was local : grassroots conservatism in postwar Los Angeles -- Education or indoctrination? : conservative female activism in the Los Angeles public schools -- "Siberia, U.S.A." : psychological experts and the state -- The "conservative sex" : women and the building of a movement -- Conclusion

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